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Sep 12, 2018, 4:12 PM

Impinj stock soars as connected chip maker clears audit investigation that delayed earnings results

Impinj reported its quarterly earnings today — about a month later than it was supposed to due to an audit… Read More

Sep 12, 2018, 11:49 AM

Talk of the town: Ignite Seattle nabs new sponsor and partner to make its speaker events even better

If you’ve got five minutes, here’s a story about some new happenings at Ignite Seattle, the successful, 12-year-old speaker series… Read More

Sep 12, 2018, 6:00 AM

Remitly expands to 11 European countries, CEO compares company’s growth strategy to Amazon

Remitly, the Seattle-based digital remittance company, is coming to Europe. After debuting its service in the U.K. last year, Remitly… Read More

Melinda Gates
Sep 12, 2018, 5:00 AM

Melinda Gates rallies top tech companies to double women of color studying computer science by 2025

Melinda Gates is convening leading tech companies in an effort to dramatically increase the number of computer science degrees awarded… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 1:36 PM

KEXP returns to Seattle airwaves after 11-year-old digital memory card takes station down

After a Tuesday morning drive that was a morning dry for KEXP‘s traditional radio listeners, the Seattle station is back… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 12:00 PM

Magic Leap finally reveals what’s going on at its Seattle office, and role in larger vision for augmented reality

Two years ago, the secretive augmented reality company Magic Leap established a Seattle office nearly 3,300 miles away from its… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 10:16 AM

Seattle’s KEXP broadcasts dead air during morning outage, but station’s digital signal stays alive

If a tech-friendly streaming station goes off the radio airwaves, does anyone in a tech-centric city notice? Seattle nonprofit indie… Read More

Sep 11, 2018, 8:04 AM

T-Mobile signs $3.5B deal with Ericsson for 5G network hardware and software

T-Mobile and Ericsson announced a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar contract for Ericsson to provide both hardware and software for T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 1:00 PM

Impinj unveils new connected bag tags for the airline industry, aiming to curb lost luggage woes

Impinj is looking to solve one of the most frustrating experiences in the modern world of travel, lost luggage. The… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 10:40 AM

Bulletproof Coffee fueled by $40M as lifestyle brand adds another Amazon veteran

Bulletproof 360 Inc., the lifestyle company whose signature product is the brain-boosting butter-infused Bulletproof Coffee, has secured another big round… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 7:00 AM

Tune selling marketing measurement business to Branch, will focus solely on HasOffers software

Tune confirmed that it has sold its Attribution Analytics business, which measures the effectiveness of digital ad campaigns, to mobile marketing… Read More

Sep 9, 2018, 9:01 PM

New Common Sense Media survey finds more positives than negatives in teen use of social media

Yes, teens use social media more often than ever. But the positives appear to outweigh the negatives, according to a… Read More

Sep 9, 2018, 7:18 AM

T-Mobile fined $20K by state insurance regulators over offer to Verizon customers

Washington state insurance regulators fined T-Mobile $20,000 after finding that the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier offered an illegal inducement to… Read More

Pluto and Charon
Sep 8, 2018, 10:31 AM

What is a ‘planet’? Historical study revisits the debate over Pluto and other dwarfs

Twelve years after the International Astronomical Union voted in a definition of planethood that reclassified Pluto, the debate goes on.… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 1:37 PM

Report: Tune’s mobile marketing measurement business acquired by Facebook partner Branch

Branch, a mobile marketing company based in Redwood City, Calif., has acquired a major business from Tune, a Seattle startup… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 9:36 AM

Why this VC thinks augmented reality will enable the ‘second great gold rush in mobile’

Gene Munster, the venture capitalist and former analyst well known for predicting Apple’s success, is bullish about augmented reality. Munster,… Read More

Sep 6, 2018, 5:00 AM

Salesforce updates its flagship Sales Cloud software-as-a-service with new features for managers and inside sales reps

Salesforce plans to release some previously announced features and introduce a few new ones Thursday for its Sales Cloud product,… Read More

Bruce Jaffe
Sep 5, 2018, 2:42 PM

Domain name registry Donuts to be acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners

Donuts, a domain name registry based in Kirkland, Wash., has agreed to be acquired by Abry Partners, a private equity… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 2:00 PM

DocuSign quarterly revenue climbs 33% in second quarterly report since IPO

Digital signature giant DocuSign reported $167 million in revenue for the July quarter, up 33 percent, in just its second… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 8:43 AM

Microsoft invests in $30M round for Raytheon robotics spinout Sarcos

Sarcos, a Salt Lake City-based robotics startup that spun out of Raytheon in 2015, today announced a $30 million Series… Read More

Sep 5, 2018, 8:00 AM

Born inside RealNetworks, Scener is a new Twitch-like commentary platform for streaming media

A new software platform incubated inside RealNetworks is aiming to spice up streaming shows and movies with a Twitch-like social… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 1:39 PM

Smartsheet reports $42M in revenue, up 59% over last year as stock continues to rise

Smartsheet’s stock been on the rise all summer, and another strong earnings report should bolster that number. The Bellevue, Wash.… Read More

Sep 4, 2018, 11:20 AM

Lessons in bootstrapping: Drift acquires marketing automation startup Siftrock, opens Seattle office

The path to profitability and acquisition doesn’t always require hoards of venture capital dollars. That’s what Siftrock just proved. The… Read More

Sep 2, 2018, 7:20 PM

Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has made his largest-ever contribution to congressional candidates in the form of a $100,000 donation to… Read More

Sep 1, 2018, 8:00 AM

Crowd pleasers: 5 companies share secrets to success on Kickstarter and Indiegogo

Beyond the obvious need to raise cash, crowdfunding solves a variety of issues for a young company with an idea… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 2:51 PM

Volunteers scour drone footage online in search for woman who went missing on hike north of Seattle

The official search has ended for a hiker who went missing in the mountains northeast of Seattle on Aug. 1.… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 12:00 PM

Pet-sitting startup Rover snags new HQ with room for 700 people — plus their dogs

Rover is getting a new dog house. The Seattle pet-sitting marketplace is leasing the top five floors of the 8th… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 10:19 AM

Some bitcoin miners in Central Washington are about to start paying more for electricity

Power officials in Grant County voted this week to raise electricity rates on companies it now dubs “evolving industry” customers,… Read More

Aug 29, 2018, 10:52 AM

David’s Bridal acquires digital gift registry startup Blueprint Registry

Wedding retailer David’s Bridal has acquired Blueprint Registry, a Seattle startup that aims to simplify the gift registry process. In… Read More

Elon Musk and Amy Nelson
Aug 28, 2018, 10:56 AM

When CEOs cry: The Riveter’s Amy Nelson and Elon Musk weigh in on business stress

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk got emotional during a market-moving interview this month, Amy Nelson, CEO and founder of The Riveter,… Read More

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